Principal Software Engineer

Intuit is the global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for the people and communities we serve. With approximately 100 million customers worldwide using products such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper.
$233,000 - $315,000
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
12+ years of experience
Finance · Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Principal Software Engineer

Come join the TurboTax Foundation organization as a Principal Engineer. The TurboTax Foundation team develops high-volume platform capabilities that enable customer facing experiences that are leveraged by Intuit customers to complete their tax returns. Our team is on the leading edge of full-stack development at Intuit, working with product managers to deliver amazing user experiences. Our code is a critical part of Intuit, and is used by millions of customers each year. We adopted agile processes to move fast. We consider our people as the most important asset – we take the growth of our engineers seriously.

Technology leaders at Intuit think strategically and drive for results. They build high performing teams by putting the right people in the right job at the right time. Leaders help to innovate by thinking differently. They lead their teams to embrace new ideas that produce outstanding results for our customers. Leaders at Intuit inspire others thru action by creating a spirit of collaboration. With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

Responsibilities:

  • Help bring out the best ideas from the best engineers by empowering them and leading by example
  • Create and bring customer driven software products to market that simplify and solve for current customer needs while building for the future
  • Create shared vision and build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships / alignment with partners across the business
  • Lead a team of Software Engineers focused on improving developer velocity, scalability, and testability of Intuit's diverse project areas and platforms
  • Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, and delivery of scalable build/test/release infrastructure
  • Create the next generation developer tooling and infrastructure for Intuit, focusing on productivity, testing, and release
  • Define the team strategy and roadmap for the adoption of developer tools and test infrastructure for one or more products
  • Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders on a regular basis

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years' experience as an established technical leader of software engineering teams
  • 12-14 years of hands-on software development experience (C++, Java, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Experience with Agile development and methodologies and SaaS and/or mobile technologies
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • BS in Computer Science / MIS or equivalent work-related experience

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is Southern California $233,000 – 315,000. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Principal Software Engineer

  • Help bring out the best ideas from the best engineers by empowering them and leading by example
  • Create and bring customer driven software products to market
  • Create shared vision and build strong cross-functional relationships
  • Lead a team of Software Engineers focused on improving developer velocity, scalability, and testability
  • Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle
  • Create the next generation developer tooling and infrastructure for Intuit
  • Define the team strategy and roadmap for the adoption of developer tools and test infrastructure
  • Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders

Requirements For Principal Software Engineer

Java
Python
Kubernetes
  • 5+ years' experience as an established technical leader of software engineering teams
  • 12-14 years of hands-on software development experience (C++, Java, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Experience with Agile development and methodologies and SaaS and/or mobile technologies
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • BS in Computer Science / MIS or equivalent work-related experience

Benefits For Principal Software Engineer

401k
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
  • Cash bonus
  • Equity rewards

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